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kalmia
CIDE DICTIONARY
kalmia, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm , a Swedish botanist.].
A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel , ivy bush , lamb kill , calico bush , etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kalmia, n. a N. American evergreen shrub of the genus Kalmia, esp. K. latifolia, with showy pink flowers.
Etymology
mod.L f. P. Kalm, Sw. botanist d. 1779
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